Thinking of putting a colour DMD in my LOTR as I genuinely love the game, is there a better version of colour DMD, I've no experience of them at all and of I'm doing it, no point going half measures.
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Is there a better DMD?
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I’ve just put a colorDmD LCD in my lotr and it’s truly awesome.
I’ve got it set on high def and it changes the game completely.
The animations for lotr are some of the best on colordmd.
They’re not cheap but totally worth it
I’ve got it set on high def and it changes the game completely.
The animations for lotr are some of the best on colordmd.
They’re not cheap but totally worth it
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Do you have a link please @Bobbdobalina ?
ColorDMD for Lord of the Rings
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Thank you, and LCD is better than LED I presume
Personal choice - see here for a comparison (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...ved=0CBQQjhxqFwoTCIjeiKWqyYMDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD) but I've always preferred LED.
As above it’s personal choice, but LCD really works well on lotr
Also the good thing about LCD is you have several different display choices whereas led you don’t.
There’s XL dots, tiles, hi res and a couple of others.
There’s XL dots, tiles, hi res and a couple of others.
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Thanks both, wow price was £200 ish last time I looked, 400+ is substantial
Yep not cheap, but I honestly think a colour display is the best mod for any dmd era pin… you won’t be disappointed.
You’ll be paying £480 after vat for a Color DMD from Shaun at PP.
But it’s the best upgrade out there and totally worth it.
Put up a wanted ad you can usually pick up a used unit at a discounted price .
But it’s the best upgrade out there and totally worth it.
Put up a wanted ad you can usually pick up a used unit at a discounted price .
I think @CHRIS B PINBALLS sells them too.
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^ I covered Colour screens here
LED vs LCD
It comes down to personal preferance
Some people like LCD and the different modes you can use
Some people like LED as they feel it is closer to the look of a plasma (What your game came with) display
It comes down to personal preferance
Some people like LCD and the different modes you can use
Some people like LED as they feel it is closer to the look of a plasma (What your game came with) display
He does it's great for this game
LCD in my opinion is better as you can actually do things like upscaling etc.
The LED is more like a normal DMD but each pixel is an rgb LED.
The LED is more like a normal DMD but each pixel is an rgb LED.
It is not cheap - but keep your original DMD and when you sell the game - keep the colordmd and you can put it in your next game.
PIN2DMD - personally I do not like the big ones. Plus each game you put it in - you have to pay for all the colour files. Some games do not have colourisation.
Yeah, I think this subject is split down the middle.
ClolorDMD LED for me . . . . I've ordered one for TOM actually. I had one on Judge Dredd and it was the best screen I've ever had. Just looks right because of the dots and it's really vibrant too.
I have both LCD and LED.
Prefer LED since it's basically a colour version of the original - to me what it should be about, not smoothing or shanging the look.
Prefer LED since it's basically a colour version of the original - to me what it should be about, not smoothing or shanging the look.
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In LOTR I'd personally go for LCD - mine had one with upscaling and it looked great!
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Does that mean ColorDMD screens are re-programmable? Or are the graphics sent from the game itself?
Is the ColorDMD LED a similar brightness to the LCD?
Been looking at my Monster Bash tonight, I guess that it'll be a similar display to a ColorDMD LCD.
Yes, a colorDMD is reprogrammable for any game. I can take mine out of my Stern Spiderman and put it in my Stern Ironman
The same display can be changed from a Stern to a Bally/Williams, but you need different cabling
The very first models (made for Attack From Mars) were locked, but colorDMD will give you a code to unlock it (surprisingly quick)
Older models may not work with some games. Off the top of my head, some games (Spiderman, Twilight zone) needed more onboard memory
If you need a display for early Data East (Star Trek 25) with the smaller display, you have to buy the LED version made for that series of games
If you want one for a Cirquis Voltaire, you can only use the LED version, the LCD will not fit
I am not sure about SEGA games with the curved backboxes
Also not sure about SEGA games with the extra large display
